Severe weather seminar offered

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., will play host to the 2009 Severe Weather Seminar at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, in the Performing Arts Auditorium on the Kansas City, Kan., Community College campus, 7250 State Avenue.

Evan Bookbinder, a forecast meteorologist with the National Weather Service, will be the guest speaker.

In addition, there will be an annual statewide tornado drill in the early afternoon of Tuesday, March 10. If severe weather forces the drill to be canceled, the alternate date will be Thursday, March 12.